Richeria is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1797.[2][3] It is native to Central America, South America, and the West Indies.[1][4] Richeria is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[5]

Richeria
Richeria grandis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Antidesmatoideae
Tribe: Scepeae
Genus: Richeria
Vahl
Synonyms[1]
Species[1]
  1. Richeria australis - São Paulo, Mato Grosso
  2. Richeria dressleri - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Ecuador
  3. Richeria grandis - Panama, N South America, E West Indies
  4. Richeria obovata - Costa Rica to Bolivia
  5. Richeria tomentosa - Colombia, Ecuador
Formerly included[1]

moved to Podocalyx

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Vahl, Martin. 1797. Eclogae americanae, seu, Descriptiones plantarum praesertim Americae meridionalis, nondum cognitarum 1:30-32 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Richeria Vahl
  4. ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. ^ Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.